After a good sleep in my wooden yurt, I take off early again to get back to Novosibirsk.. and back to more familiar faces. First stop, a big drink of much needed fuel! I still waited to eat though. Hungry as I was, I could have found something in this town, but I knew I wanted to go back to the café at Aktash… Back to the same place I had been before...
I finally make my way to a planned village, Tsengel. I was really hoping to find some food.. It was around 2:30, so I was a bit hungry. I went into the café, and I saw what they were eating, and it just wasn’t going to work for me this time… some culture food works and some don’t! There is only one choice in this cafe.. boiled minced meat wrapped in a little dumpling...
Whew! Still exhausted I pack up and start my journey to Mongolia. Both Mark (house host) and Walter had given me good tips of what to expect, where to stop, etc. With my wonderfully handy GPS, I navigated my way through the city and started south. The road for the first 500 km is rather boring and completely full of trucks puffing out big thick black smoke. They must...
The remaining 4 days were lovely and gorgeous.. I really enjoyed this wonderful break on the barge.. It was a nice easy going journey compared to the rugged, rigid shaking about on the bike. For the most part uneventful, so I will just fill the rest of this blog up with photos.. Hope you enjoy.. I had mentioned on facebook and not able to express in a...
Hey!! I’m riding on dirt roads!! Now that I look back at this photo, what a nice dirt road that was! If I only knew what was ahead of me…… I must dob myself in… A few months ago in the midst of my massive amounts of research planning this trip, I came across Walter Colebatch and his comments about adventure riding on a...